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CUTPL Knox Box Presentation
I will be discussing adding a Knox Box (or two) to the Culver Union Township Public Library (CUTPL) building tonight at the library board meeting. This discussion was prompted by one of the board members seeing my previous post regarding Knox Boxes and Culver Garden Court.
I’m pleased that others in the community are picking up on this. I still believe this is a positive step forward for our community and can lead to greater safety in emergency situations. Knox Boxes can be installed on commercial, industrial, municipal and residential buildings as well as private residences. When combined with a safety walk-thru to familiarize the emergency personnel, this installation can improve safety for both the occupants and the first responders. It can save emergency repair costs as well! If you’d like a quote on installing a Knox Box in your home or business, please don’t hesitate to call! You can also use the Contact Us page on our website here.
Now if they just hook the treadmill to a generator…
I have this vision of rows of these in lieu of office cubicles, each one hooked to a generator so that all the little office worker bees have to generate their own power for their computers. I guess that would reduce goofing off on the internet since you’d have to walk to goof off. People would start bringing real cards to work because online solitare would be too much effort! How many of you remember the bike generator in Soylent Green? “Soylent Green is people!”
This is the TrekDesk. It comes in several models and is supposed to be adaptable to any treadmill. Their site quotes the American Heart Association, saying that 10,000 steps a day can reduce your chances of a heart attack. It also quotes the National Institute of Health saying that walking reduces the risk of Cancer and quotes the American Diabetes Association saying that walking reduces the risk of Diabetes.
It’s an interesting concept for a home office, though I can’t imagine being able to work and read a computer screen while walking or running at any kind of workout pace. I guess any movement is better than none. Seems like it might be a kind of smelly office space too.
Dimmable Built-in Nightlight
Dimmable Nightlight shown as part of a duplex
Cooper Wiring Devices has an option for a built-in nightlight. The nightlight can be stand alone or installed as the top half of a duplex or switch installation. It is part of their Patrol series which you can read more about here. Along with the standard nightlight applications, this can be installed in stairways, basements or garage areas which are notoriously dark when the main lights are off. In standard living areas they feature a light-level sensor that turns off the nightlight when there is available daylight or other sufficient ambient light. For convenience they have three preset light levels.
Energy from Footsteps
A company in England has come up with a paving tile that harvests the energy from footsteps. Pavgen has developed technology that converts the kinetic energy from foot steps into electricity that can be stored and used for a variety of applications. The tiles are designed to compress 5 millimeters in order to collect the energy.
Pavgen pavers will be installed in the mall at the 2012 London Olympics and are expected to provide enough energy to power half the mall lights. (See CNN story here.)
* Image borrowed from CNN.com
Broadband and Bagels Event
Marshall County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) is sponsoring an educational meeting to discuss the broadband wireless internet service being utilized by Culver Academies as well as others in our area. The hope is that this is another way of getting broadband service throughout the county. If you have a need for broadband internet, you should attend this event to see if it fits your needs. It is being marketed as a co-op service so increased participation lowers costs!
If you’re interested in attending, contact Pam Davis at MCEDC.
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